Whether you just brought home your first Border Collie puppy or finally decided to train your older dog new tricks, you’ve come to the right place to get the 101 of Border Collie training.

What Age Should I Train My Border Collie?

The answer to this question greatly depends on the type of training you are talking about. If you are talking about training the Border Collie some basic house rules or want tofix an existing obedience problem then the earlier you start the better.

However if you are trying to train your puppy some new basic tricks then you generally would want to wait at least until your puppy is 3 months old.

Since you’re reading this page I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that you have a new addition to your family, to be more specific – an adorable Border Collie puppy. Well congratulations and let me just say that you made the right choice by deciding to train your dog while he is still a puppy.

The first thing you need to understand about Border Collie disobedience problems is that they don’t come on overnight. It takes time for bad behavior to form and the sooner you catch it, the easier it will be to deal with.

Need some ideas to help you come up with a good name for your Border Collie? Well check out some of the naming tips and suggestions below. Not only will they give you some ideas on what you should name your dog, but also help you choose a better and less confusing name.

There are a couple of signals that you need to watch out if you suspect that your dog has developed dominance issues. If your dog has couple of the behavior habits listed below, it doesn’t necessarily mean that your Collie has dominance issues. It’s sometimes easy to confuse dominance with just normal dog behavior, so don’t jump to conclusions too quickly.

Almost anyone who owned a puppy has had some sort of experience with this particular problem. You start playing with your puppy and during the game he gets too excited and bites you. Or while playing outside, you start running and your Border Collie starts chasing you and biting your legs.